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The Kokernot o6 Ranch still operates in the great
traditional sense, using a large remuda of horses and cowboys. Most of Diane
Lacy's photos come from "spur of the moment" opportunities seen while she
works cattle with some sixteen cowboys who eat from the chuck wagon and sleep in
teepee tents during a typical roundup, which lasts a month in the spring and a
month in the fall.
Diane Lacy has been honored with many one person shows. Her work is in private,
corporate and permanent museum collections across the country and
internationally. An ongoing exhibit and sale of her work is at the Spirit Of The
West Gallery at Apache Trading Post in Alpine,Tx; Comanche
Creek Gallery in Lajitas, Tx.; Ft. Davis Drug Store in Ft. Davis,Tx; ; The
Treasury Gallery, across from the Oasis Restaurant, overlooking Lake Travis in
Austin, Tx.; and the
Reata in Fort Worth. (click Current Exhibits)
Lacy is an experienced location scout, photographer, liaison and coordinator for
the ranch in all media such as movies, TV, news, documentaries, commercials
magazines and books. The o6 Ranch has been featured in National Geographic; Good
Morning America; Marlboro ads and commercials; Charles Kuralt with Walter
Kronkite in the"On The Road In '76" series; Wolf Brand Chili commercial
and "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" film with Waylon Jennings. It
is also in the new IMAX film, "Texas: The Big Picture", now showing at the Bob Bullock Historical Museum in Austin, Tx.
Diane Lacy is also an award winning artist whose drawings, watercolors and oils
have illustrated and been on the cover of books and publications. Her originals
are in permanent and private collections and some are currently on exhibit and
for sale at the Spirit Of The West Gallery at Apache Trading Post
in Alpine Tx.
An accomplished dancer and choreographer since her youth, Diane taught
"Dance
For The Musical Theater" at Sul Ross University and was assistant director and
choreographer for their summer musicals for several years.
Community service has
always been a big part of her life as she is now serving as County Commissioner
of Jeff Davis County. She is a past president of the Davis Mountains Trans-Pecos
Heritage Association (DMTPHA) www.dmtpha.com or www.privateownership.com, a grass-roots non-profit
organization to protect and preserve private property rights and cultural
heritage. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Big Bend Museum of
Western Heritage.
Lacy is Chairman of and writer for the DMTPHA project to publish the
"Conservation Roundup" which is distributed free to schools to better educate
young people about ranch life, land, livestock and wildlife management. It is
supported by sponsors who maintain a vital interest in the future of the
livestock industry. In this publication, Diane Lacy writes an ongoing saga about
a young colt's adventures growing up on a ranch entitled, © "The Adventures Of
Senbar Duke" which is published a chapter at a time in each issue of the
Conservation Roundup. (click on Current Exhibitions and Publications for more
detailed information on specific galleries, exhibits and publications mentioned
in this biography)
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